Chris Guillebeau

I needed money, I learned to think in terms of how I could get what I needed by making something and selling it, not by cutting costs elsewhere or working for someone else.

I learned how freedom is connected to responsibility, and how I could combine my desire for independence with something that helped the rest of the world.

Often, the combination of freedom and value comes about when someone takes action on something he or she loves to do anyway

I’ll share more of my own story as we go along, but this book isn’t about me

Losing my job was the best thing that ever happened to me. If I hadn’t been pushed, I never would have made the leap.

My marketing plan is strategic giving

the challenge is to acknowledge their courage without exaggerating their skills

The world has plenty of better artists, smarter writers, funnier humorists and more experienced business people. The rare part is that each of those modest skills is collected in one person. That’s how value is created.†

Passion or skill + usefulness = success

You just need a product or service, a group of people willing to pay for it, and a way to get paid.